Cosponsored by Weatherhead

End of Russian Empire 2.0 Having fought against Moscow’s authoritarianism in the Cold War era and played a key role in advancing democratic governance throughout the region then known as Central and Eastern Europe, Wałęsa believes this sort of change...

Panels: LGBTQI+ Activism and Narratives / LGBTQI+ Legal Frameworks At a moment of profound challenge and transformation for LGBTQI+ communities worldwide, the Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights at Harvard Kennedy School, in partnership with the Weatherhead...

Panels: LGBTQI+ Public Health / LGBTQI+ Politics At a moment of profound challenge and transformation for LGBTQI+ communities worldwide, the Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights at Harvard Kennedy School, in partnership with the Weatherhead Center for...

Our Queer Planet: Environmental Rights and LGBTQI+ Defenders The intersection of environmental rights and LGBTQI+ rights is one of the most urgent and underexplored frontiers in international human rights law. Environmental defenders — people who stand up...

Mapping Romani Futures: Connected Local Histories and Global Realities Since 2013, the annual Harvard Roma Conference has provided a forum to examine and address anti-Roma racism—its origins, history, drivers, protectors, and global manifestations, with...

Building the City: Mayors on Public-Private Partnership & Infrastructure Cities worldwide are turning to public-private partnerships to finance and deliver critical infrastructure — but these arrangements raise fundamental questions about accountability...

Rethinking the Global Order: Latin America, China, and the U.S. Amid Transforming Economic and Political Paradigms This symposium brings together leading scholars and practitioners to reflect on how rapidly changing economic, technological, and social...

30 Years Since the Dayton Peace Agreement: What's Next for Bosnia and Herzegovina? This event will bring together scholars and practitioners to reflect on how the accord that ended the war also entrenched today’s complex political order. The panelists...

Local Voices, New Perspectives: Rethinking the Yugoslav Wars Through Microhistory This event explores how a microhistorical approach can deepen our understanding of the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s. Moving beyond and interpreting ICTY records and elite...